Revisiting a concept we’ve talked about in the past. A core one we see in practically every team’s playbook and is the quintessential Cover 2 beater in the NFL. It’s the smash concept, and the Pittsburgh Steelers ran it early in Sunday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts.
For a refresher, the smash route is a two route combination containing:
1. A curl
2. A corner
Let’s take a quick look at it from Todd Haley’s 2006 Dallas Cowboys playbook. This isn’t the exact design we get Sunday but it’s just to help frame the concept from an NFL source.